![]() The っ (tsu) represents this slight pause.ĬHŌONPU (rarely used in Hiragana) appears as a ー (a long dash shape) indicates the use of a long vowel sound in the preceding character. For example, in the word ‘Yukkuri’ (ゆっくり), the word is pronounced ‘yu’ (a slight pause ) ‘kuri’. ![]() This small tsu means that the consonant in the next character is ‘doubled’, and a slight pause results. SOKUON is a small tsu (っ or ッ in either Hiragana or Katakana respectively). For example kyō ( meaning “today”) is written きょう with the smaller ‘yo’ and kiyō, (meaning “skillful”), which is written きよう has a full-sized ‘yo’. ![]() YŌON uses smaller than usual versions of one of the three ‘y’ kana, ya, yu or yo to make a contracted word. Then we have HANDAKUTEN which is little circle which appears above the 'h' set and this transforms changes ‘h’ to ‘p’. 'Modified' is catch all term which you can use while starting to learn Japanese but you should learn the proper names and their functions.įirst we have DAKUTEN which are the two small strokes that change the sound of some Hiragana characters.įor example: The ‘k’ sound becomes a ‘g’ sound ( example: ka か becomes ga が ) ![]() A lot of Hiragana symbols resemble Katakana symbols so you are already on your way to mastering that too. Heres a one page print-out Hiragana chart marking stroke order. Hiragana and Katakana each consist of 46 basic characters which can be modified slightly to cover every syllable you need. Guides to writing Hiragana and Katakana, kana charts charts, flash cards, stroke order. Our Hiragana Chart is split into two: Basic and Modified Hiragana
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